1996 · drama · romance · surrealism
Earth
Directed by Julio Medem2h 3m1996
A mysterious exterminator falls in love with two women who live in a distinctive wine-producing region in Spain.
Our read: Earth (1996) reads as a neutral, measured, surreal drama · romance · surrealism entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / romance, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- measured
- intense
- surreal
- signature
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How Earth feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want surreal Spanish erotic drama of love, identity and the wine country land.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if slow poetic style or suicide themes and triangles will leave you adrift.
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